On Thu, Mar 02, 2017 at 12:02:13AM +0800, Icenowy Zheng wrote: > > 2017年3月1日 23:56于 Maxime Ripard <maxime.ripard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>写道： > > > > On Wed, Mar 01, 2017 at 06:20:51PM +0800, Icenowy Zheng wrote: > > > > > > 2017年3月1日 18:14于 Maxime Ripard <maxime.ripard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>写道： > > > > > > > > On Tue, Feb 28, 2017 at 03:18:13PM +0800, Icenowy Zheng wrote: > > > > > > > > > > 2017年2月28日 14:44于 Maxime Ripard <maxime.ripard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>写道： > > > > > > > > > > > > On Tue, Feb 28, 2017 at 03:40:53AM +0800, Icenowy Zheng wrote: > > > > > > > From: Ondrej Jirman <megous@xxxxxxxxxx> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Allwinner SoCs from H3 (including H5, A64, etc) have a new version of > > > > > > > thermal sensor, and needs a new driver for it. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Add such a driver. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Currently only H3 is supported, but other SoCs are easily to be > > > > > > > supported by adding new formula and set the sensor number. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Signed-off-by: Ondřej Jirman <megous@xxxxxxxxxx> > > > > > > > [Icenowy: extend to support further multiple-sensor SoCs, change commit > > > > > > > message] > > > > > > > Signed-off-by: Icenowy Zheng <icenowy@xxxxxxxx> > > > > > > > > > > > > There's no need to create a new driver for that. This can be handled > > > > > > by the GPADC driver we already have. > > > > > > > > > > sun8i-ths is not GPADC at all. > > > > > > > > > > The latest SoC I know that use GPADC as thermal sensor is A33. > > > > > > > > It's not called the same way, but it definitely is an evolution of the > > > > same controller. There's no need for a new driver, only reworking what > > > > is already there. > > > > > > I don't think so -- here's some evidence: > > But the H3 THS have many new IRQs, functions, different sampling > rate set method and a quite different register layout. > > Doing this in GPADC driver is possible but meaningless. > > > > > > > 1. The old GPADC do not have module clock. > > > > The A33 could use a PLL. > > But it's a dedicated mod clk on new generation THS. And all of this really are evolutions. The block is still driven in the exact same way. And this is where there is value in having the same driver: you share the logic, which is mostly common, instead of duplicating it. Maxime -- Maxime Ripard, Free Electrons Embedded Linux and Kernel engineering http://free-electrons.com
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